Formed 5O to 60 million years ago, the Giant’s Causeway is a promontory of basalt columns along four miles of the northern coast of the Antrim plateau between Causeway Head and Benbane Head, jutting out of the cliff faces as if they were steps creeping into the sea.
The Giant’s Causeway and its coastal environs [...]
Dominic Lawson Published Sunday Times: 1 April 2012
The gap between comfort and chaos in modern civilisation is alarmingly narrow and defined by a four-letter word: fuel.
If we needed a reminder, thepanic buying of petrol in preparation for a possible tanker drivers’ strike provided it.
Those with longer-term concerns about the survival of the [...]
With energy prices remaining high, it’s now more important than ever to think about the efficiency of your central heating boiler to ensure you’re not paying more than you have to on your energy bills.
The heat is on: If your boiler is more than 20 years old you could save money by [...]
The Action Renewables Association annual awards were held on Tuesday 20th March at Titanic Belfast. The event which was held in association with Tughans and Travelwise NI, was a great success and recognised ten local companies for their innovation in renewable energy technologies, thought-leading sustainability and awareness raising initiatives. The full list of winners is as follows:
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All was not well when work began on this impressive Co Cork home and its architect had to pull out the stops to make the eco-home fit the brief
A problem with the design of a passive house in Co Cork made its designer, John Morehead, go hot and cold. A fault [...]
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